Full steam ahead
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley welcomes the various housing and planning measures announced over the summer and looks forward to "great leaps" to achie…
New trends in land holdings
Steve Menary compares the landbanks of the biggest housebuilders against last year and notes some interesting trends
An impatient, radical government
Ministers have lost patience with local authorities and housing associations, but this intensifies the focus on private housebuilders to deliver the government…
The right move
The whole notion of low carbon housing is not going to spectacularly collapse. Innovation will still prevail but is now - at least for the moment - removed fro…
Tackling the talent gap
A new style of leadership is needed, a move from command and control to a coaching style, if the construction and housebuilding industry is to attract and reta…
People and money
A new report from EC Harris suggests that the keys to solving the housing crisis are people and money rather than land and planning. The firm's head of residen…
Devolution revolution
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley says that the drive towards devolving powers to our major cities could have a fundamental, and important, effect on hous…
Private viewing
Steve Menary looks at the results of the private sector housebuilders, and sees more sales and consolidation ahead
Confidence in home building outlook
It is difficult to remember a time when housebuilders could look ahead with such confidence about demand and supply conditions, according to John Stewart
Ministerial stability boosts industry
Lewis is joining a strong line up of speakers as HMI looks at the state of the industry, the economy, the obstacles ahead and those opportunities to grow
